15: The Vampire Star

*The vampire star<br />Astronomers have found a ‘vampire’ star in the midst of a feeding frenzy.<br /> <br />*Solar Orbiter launches to the Sun<br />The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission has blasted into space on its historic mission to image the Sun’s polar regions, and study its magnetic fields and its heliosphere – the Sun’s extended atmosphere created by the solar wind which fills and encircles the entire solar system.<br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190750490113" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190750490113</a> <br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/188696969778" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/188696969778</a> <br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post</a>/190567268193 <br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190567347598" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/190567347598</a><br /><br />*Space Junk near miss<br />The growing problem of space junk has surfaced again with two disused satellites traveling at 28 thousand kilometres per hour missing each other by metres.<br /> <br />*The Science Report<br />The latest news on the coronavirus Covid-19.<br />The Pangolin now thought to be a vector for Covid-19.<br />Is China being truthful about what it knew about Covid-19 and when.<br />Antarctica has experienced its hottest ever recorded temperature.<br />New study shows smoking dope doesn’t just get you stoned – it can also give you false memories.<br /> <br />For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: <a href="http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes" rel="noopener">http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes</a><br /> <br />Get immediate access to over 175 commercial-free, double episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at <a h